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Mental health

Work can have a significant impact on people’s mental health. Employers can help to foster a mentally healthy workplace, for example by taking action to prevent and manage stress and training line managers on mental wellbeing.


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    • Police

    Police Scotland constable who can’t work in cold weather awarded £43k

    by Rob Moss 15 Aug 2025
    by Rob Moss 15 Aug 2025

    Police constable awarded £43,100 after she was found to have been victimised by her boss over her inability to work in cold weather.

    • Stress
    • Reasonable adjustments
    • Anxiety

    BA crew member too anxious to fly wins discrimination claim

    by Rob Moss 13 Aug 2025
    by Rob Moss 13 Aug 2025

    British Airways crew member with 40 years’ service wins disability discrimination claim after stress and anxiety made her unable to fly.

    • NHS
    • Health and safety
    • Mental health

    Violence against A&E staff has doubled, warns RCN

    by Nic Paton 12 Aug 2025
    by Nic Paton 12 Aug 2025

    Staff in accident and emergency departments are being exposed to punching, spitting and acid attack threats, among a range of...

    • Stress
    • Financial wellbeing
    • Mental health

    ‘Knowledge gap’ fuelling stress about workers’ finances

    by Jo Faragher 6 Aug 2025
    by Jo Faragher 6 Aug 2025

    Almost three-quarters of employees are stressed about their finances, with two-fifths unprepared for financial emergencies.

    • Acas
    • Disability discrimination
    • Early conciliation

    Disability discrimination cases jump 41% in a year

    by Rob Moss 30 Jul 2025
    by Rob Moss 30 Jul 2025

    Number of disability discrimination cases received by Acas for early conciliation from employment tribunals increases by 40.7%.

    • Mental health
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    • Job creation and losses

    Volunteers dismayed as Samaritans looks to close half of its branches

    by Adam McCulloch 25 Jul 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 25 Jul 2025

    About 100 branches face closure although chief executive has said there was not a ‘definitive’ view on how many branches were needed.

    • Stress
    • Latest News
    • Dismissal

    Manager dismissed after covert recording with HR wins €10k

    by Rob Moss 14 Jul 2025
    by Rob Moss 14 Jul 2025

    Manager summarily dismissed after covert phone recording with HR was shared with the CEO awarded €10,000 for unfair dismissal.

    • Stress
    • Alcohol and drug misuse
    • Latest News

    Two-thirds drink to cope with work stress and insecurity

    by Nic Paton 14 Jul 2025
    by Nic Paton 14 Jul 2025

    Almost two-thirds (64%) of UK workers admit to drinking alcohol for work-related reasons, primarily to cope with job stress, pressure...

    • NHS
    • Mental health
    • Latest News

    ‘Replace sick notes with gym’, Streeting tells GPs

    by Adam McCulloch 11 Jul 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 11 Jul 2025

    GPs will be asked to stop sick notes that sign people off work and instead refer them to job coaches or the gym, under a new government pilot scheme.

    • Fit for Work
    • Occupational Health
    • Mental health

    Four in 10 call centre workers to quit because of poor wellbeing

    by Nic Paton 8 Jul 2025
    by Nic Paton 8 Jul 2025

    Four out of 10 call centre workers (40%) say they expect to have to quit their role because of poor...

    • Stress
    • Absence
    • Counselling

    With HR absence rising, is your people team at risk of breaking?

    by Tracey Paxton 24 Jun 2025
    by Tracey Paxton 24 Jun 2025

    When ‘the people team’ – HR – breaks, the whole business suffers. Tracey Paxton makes the case for why HR...

    • Early careers
    • Mental health
    • Latest News

    One in four young workers rate mental health as ‘poor’

    by Rob Moss 17 Jun 2025
    by Rob Moss 17 Jun 2025

    Almost a quarter (23%) of workers aged 16-24 rate their mental health as poor, and are most likely to report work has negative impact (34%).

    • Stress
    • Careers in HR
    • Mental health

    HR professionals lack mental health support, risking burnout

    by Jo Faragher 9 Jun 2025
    by Jo Faragher 9 Jun 2025

    Almost nine in 10 HR professionals do not feel supported with their mental health at work, according to a survey.

    • Hybrid working
    • Latest News
    • Mental health

    How to overcome loneliness in the digital workplace

    by Mark Leisegang 9 Jun 2025
    by Mark Leisegang 9 Jun 2025

    So much work happens virtually and via screens that employees increasingly report feeling lonely. Mark Leisegang examines how employers can...

    • Stress
    • Carers
    • Latest News

    Employers must offer more flexibility to working carers, research shows

    by Jo Faragher 9 Jun 2025
    by Jo Faragher 9 Jun 2025

    Almost half (44%) of unpaid carers who work have found their mental and physical health has got worse since taking on caring responsibilities.

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